The Division Support
Command of the 1st Cavalry Division was commanded by the
division G-4 (senior staff officer responsible for logistics)
and controlled all the combat service support units of the division:
a main support battalion and three forward support
battalions, one for each maneuver brigade. (The
aviation brigade with its specialized requirements
had its own aviation support battalion.)
Also assigned for administrative purposes to the DISCOM were the division's base units: the air defense
artillery, combat engineer and military intelligence
battalions, and the divisional military police and
chemical companies. Tactically, however, these base units
were controlled by the division headquarters;
accordingly I have chosen to show them there.